90,000 square feet of the future. >> most thought the idea was crazy. >> people did look upon that as foolish idea that was dusting for failure, but they underestimated ted turner. >> we decided on june 1, and barring satellite problems in the future, we won't be signing off until the world ends. >> we will cover it live. >> ted had 11 months to get the station on the air. >> we go no bureaus, no cameras, no cameramen, no employees, not a single one. when we signed on, we bureaus in tokyo, moscow, you know -- ♪ >> i dedicate the news channel for america, the cable news network. >> standby, read mike three. >> on june 1st, 1980, cnn aired